Cigar box



Feb.V 5, 1929` A. A. ADMSON C IGAR BOX Filed Jan. 3l, 1925 Patented Feb. 5, 1929.

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CIGAB BOX.

Application med January The present invention relates to cigar Y boxes and more particularly to the edging and labeling thereof. An object of theinvention is to provide for ed ng and labeling a cigar box so that the ging and labeling may take place on automatic machining with a minimum number of operations. further object of the invention is to provide a single blank which will produce substanmtially all of the edgn for the box body and having included terein ope 'or more labels usually applied by separate operations. A. further object of the invention ie to provide an edging which may be quickly 1s applied tothe box body and will leave at the saine time an exposed surface of the box at the upper portion of the rear wall for the .attachment of a cover or lid hingipg strip directly to such surface.

a0 To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain arts and combinations of parts, all of which will lbe hereinafter described: the novel features being pointed o'ut in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a pers tive view of a box constructed in accor ance with this invention, the lid or cover being partially broken away; Y

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blank employed for edging and labeling the front and end walls and portions of the rear wall;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a blank employed for edging and labeling the cover; l

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the cover after its edging and labeling blank is secured therelg. 5 is a rear view of :the box after the cover or lid has been applied; l Fig. 6 is a detail plan view of an edging piece employed for edging the rear edge of the cover and the upper rear edge of tbc rear wall.

Fig 7 is a plan view of another embodiment of the invention in which the blank is made from anumbcr of separate strips iited together before being applied to the x. A Referring m'ore particularly to the draw- ,50 ings, 1 indicates the bottom of the box, 2 the end wall, 3 the front wall, and 4 the rear wall. the end walls projecting above the front and rear walls as is common in cigar boxes. The blank illuetratetl in Fig. 2 isapplied to the body of the box, whereas the 81, 1925. Serial En. m

embodyingv a lube and edgin portion 6 having tongues 7 at opposite e ges foldableon thei linesB and 9 to cover opposite-side edges of the cover-or lid and to extend' on the top surface of such cover or lid. This blank also has a tongue which is foldable on the lines 11 and 12 to cover the free or swinging ed e of the box and to extend on the top sur ace.,- At the rear edge .of the cover a' label forming tongue 18 is connected to the blank 6 tio fold on the lines 14 and 15, this label forming tongue being secured to the inner face of 'the rear wall and containing any suitable advertising matter as will the main or bod portion of the blank.

The blank for edging the body comprises four sections 17, 18, 19 and 20. The sections 18 and 2O odge the ends of the box and the sections 17 and 19 edge, respectively, the

front Wall and portions of the rear wall of the box. The sections 17, 18, 19 and 20 are foldable on the lines 21, 22, and 23, vand the section 17 has at its onda section 24 oldable on the line 25 and adapted to be covered by the section 20. The section 17 has at its lower edging a tongue 26 foldable on the line 27 to extend over the bottom of the box and a tongue 28 foldable on the linesl 29 and 30 to cover the upper edge of the box. The tongue 28 is shorter than the tongue 26 and beyond its ends the section 17 has extensions or tongues 3l which arcof lengths suicicnt to extend upon those p0rtions of the end walls 2 which project above the front and reauwalls. The :section 18 has a tongue 32 at its lower edge for extending onto the bottom 1 anda tongue 33 at its up per edge to extend over the upper edge of the end wall, being foldable upon lines 34 and 35, und down on the inner face of such end wail.l This tongue also has shoulders 36 which are located from the fold line 34 at a distance equal. to the difference between the upper edges of. the end walls and the upper edges of the front and rear walls. This section 18 also acts as a label for containingl suitable advertising 'matten The section 18 is wider than the section 17 and' the fold line is coincident with the ex-r tensions 3l of the .section 17. f

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The section 19 is recessed or cut away at 37 at its top in order to leave exposed the upper edge of the rear wall for attachment o a. cover hinging strip 16. On opposite sides of this cutaway portion the section 19 has short extensions 38 projecting to the fold line 35 of the end' sections to edge the end walls above the rear walls. The bottom f of this section 19 has a tongue 39 which is foldable on. the line 39i to edge the underside of the bottom 1. The other .end section is constructed in this instance identically like vthe end section 18 and a detail description thereof is-unne'cessary. 1

f In applying the blank shown in Fig. 2 to the box body the blank is -trst wrapped enabout the body'and then the tongues ont e upper and lower edgesof the section are folded inwardly to cooperate with the upper edges of the box and the bottom of the box. .The cover is wrapped with the blank shown in Fig.3 and when completed its to surfacel will appear as shown in Fig. 4. .'T e cover is then applied to the edged box body so that the rear of the box at this stage will appear asshown in Fig. 5. Then a short strip 40 is applied to cover the hinge and, at the same time, edging the rear top surface of the cover and the rear upper surface of the rear wall, this edging piece being folded on the line 41.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 7, the blank is made from a number of pieces of .strip material adhesively secured together to provide the four sections. In this instance, '.two longitudinally extending strips 42 and 43 are rovided with transverse strips 44, 45, 46 47 connecting the longitudinal strips, the upper strips being shorter than the lower strip and extending throughout three sections, while the lower strip extends throughout four sections so as to provide an opentop section which will permitthe cover to be directed to the rear wall of the box. The strip 42 provides edging for the top and two end walls of the4 box. The strip 43 provides edges for the lower part of all of the walls of the box.

corners of the box.

The strips 44 and 47 provide edging for the rear corners of the box and the strips 45 and 46 provide edging for the two front Notches 48 may be provided in the strip 43 at the cross strips 44, 45 46 and 47, While notches 49 may be provided inthe upper strip 42. at the vcross strips 44 and 47, inclusive, so that tongues are provided between the notches for covering the. bottom walluof the box in one instance and the upper edge of the box in the other instance except for the rear wall.

`After this blank has been fitted to the box the cover vis applied thereto and then a blank Such as shown in Fig. 6 is applied tov edge of the box as in the other embodiment of the invention.

From theforegoing it will be seen that there has been provided a means for edging and labeling cigar boxes through which the number of ppcrations is reduced to a minimum. 'lhel edging means for the box body is substantially all contained in one blank which preferably also contains some of the box labels. This blank embodies in it a number of sections and when folded provides edging for all four vertical walls, as well as the bottom wall. In'this instance, the blank sections are four in number arranged end to end and each adapted for atachment to one of the vertical walls, having also provision for extending upon the bottom wall and also for edging the upper edges of the vertical walls, except that rovision is made in the blank for exposmg the upper edge of the rear wall so that the hinge of the cover ma be attached directly to the material of W ich the box is made and this hinge as well as the rear top surface of the lid or cover is edged by a separate piece applied after the cover is fitted thereto.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A cigar box comprising a box body, a

cover, a hinglng strip secured to the outer,

v los' of the upper portion of t e rear wall of the box and the top face of the cover in proximity to the rear edge of the latter.

2. In combination with a box having a hinged cover and 'a hinging iece adhesively secured to the rear edge o the cover and the upper edge of the rear wall of the box, an edging blank embodying four sections arranged end to end and each coextensive in length with one of` the vertical walls of the box, said sections, each having a tongue Y located on one' and the same side of the blank extending over the bottom of the box, three of said sections having tongues extending over the upper edges of the front wall and theend walls of the box and the other of said sections being recessed to leave exposed the outer face of the upper edge of the rear wallof the box and a separate edging piece covering the hinging strip.

3.V In combination with a box body a cover, a hinging strip secured to the outer strip and ed ing the l5 of face of the rear wall of the be: body and to the top face of the rear edge of the cover, a single blank having ineor orated therein a plurality of sections inclu ing edging for the four vertical corners,` the fouilower horizontal corners and the :ride and front top edges of three of the vertical walls of the box, said blank having a cut away portion exposing the u per edge of the ommface of the rear wal for attachment of :i cover hinging strip directly to such wall and a separate blank covering the hinging per ortion of the rear wall of t e bo'x y an the rear edge the cover. I

4. A cigar box having a hinged cover, an

bottom of the box, mw/e of said sections having: engere extending over the upper migoof the front will and end Walls 01 the box and ille other of Huid sections being recessed to expone the outer face of the rear f wall of the box, and a separate edging blank edging the upper portion of the renr Wall of the box and the top face in proximity to the rear edge of the latter.

ALLAN A. ADAMSON. 

